Posted on 06/05/2008 9:47:08 AM PDT by ex-Texan
The Democratic presidential primaries smashed every record for turnout and spending, shattered glass ceilings that once hovered over women and black candidates, even broke a few hearts. * * *
For much of last year, her massive lead in the polls reflected the conventional wisdom that the front-runner was inevitable and invincible. Mr Obama, by contrast, was a mixture of hype and hope, a black man with only two years’ experience in the US Senate who had the audacity to challenge the hegemony of the Democrats’ most powerful family.
Only in retrospect is it clear that there were flaws in the Clinton campaign that should have had the red warning lights flashing.
She entered the race as a brittle candidate with an air of entitlement who underestimated her opponent and ignored the mood for change sweeping a country that, after a second Bush presidency, looked askance at the prospect of voting for another Clinton.
She was reliant on an old-fashioned political machine that failed to recognise the internet’s capacity to raise money until it was almost too late, and was riven by personal rivalries dating back to her husband’s White House. * * *
Mr Obama’s team identified Iowa early on as critical – the “whole shebang”, as his campaign manager David Plouffe put it – to securing lift-off. They spent thousands of hours building a grassroots organisation and introducing their exotic brand of inspiration to this conservatively minded Midwest state. Mrs Clinton’s campaign panicked and spent almost all its war chest trying to land a knockout blow. She finished third.
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Fact is, HRC should have won, and actually probably did/could have won more VOTES.
She blew it by giving up on caucus states, not having a post Super Tuesday plan AND forgetting the power of the way the Dems divvy up delegates in districts.
She only has herself to blame.
“Puce faced.” Perhaps someone in the UK can translate this ?
I wonder if her fortunes would reverse if Osamabama were to meet with an unforeseen accident?
I’m in the UK and I can attest that no-one says “puce-faced”. I mean no-one.
So in baseball you think the team that wins the world series in the one with the most runs - not the most games won?
If you're going to change the rules in mid-stream, why not declare that the winner is the person Bill Clinton is for - and save the money involved in letting people vote.
What a goofy article.
Iowa leftists are not conservative.
What are you talking about? Seriously...I have no idea what you are getting from my post.
I simply said that Hillary should have won, if she had campaigned properly. The fact she possibly does or could have more votes means she screwed up in her campaign. As I said, she only has herself to blame.
What that has to do with the World Series is beyond me.
Reddish brown or purple brown. This certainly describes BJ at his finger-wagging best.
H1 ain’t over (for 4 yr) until November comes without her on a ticket or she looses.
H1 ain’t over (for 4 yr) until November comes without her on a ticket or she loses.
My point was we don't count total votes any more than we count "total runs" in the World Series.
In baseball it's how many games are won - and in the democrat primary it's not how many individuals voted, it's how many delegates were won.
And she did NOT win more delegates. The only way to get a win for her is to change the rules. Count it differently. In short, CHEAT. Define the rules of the race after the fact. That was my point.
And my point was pointing out that she SHOULD have won, but her own campaign screwed it up by her failure to have a coherent strategy. I didn’t say she had more delegates, she clearly doesn’t, but she lost because of her silly campaign strategy.
Aw, come on. It’s not like somebody posted a picture of HELEN THOMAS!!
“It will be me.” —Hillery Clinton.
That little statement just had to turn a few people off.
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